(December 3, 2013 at 11:35 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(December 3, 2013 at 6:20 pm)Beccs Wrote: I had an argument at HuffPost with someone who, while they accepted evolution, didn't think it should be taught in schools as "no one but scientists use it. Lawyers, police, doctors, none of them use it in their jobs"
When I tried to explain that evolution was fundamental to medicine he was in serious denial. He ended up arguing the fact with two doctors and a nurse who works in immunology . . .
Hell, you wouldn't even need to go that far, because even if only scientists used it in their jobs, that still plainly puts evolution at home in science classrooms, part of the purpose of which is to prepare students for potential careers in science!
I wonder if that same line of reasoning could be used in other things: don't bother teaching math outside of the basic stuff, since you probably won't use it in your career. Drop art, because only artists use that. English classes better go, only writers really use those.
Fuck, that's really dumb...
Have you seen the state of some american classrooms? they are several steps ahead of you esq.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
